SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11369, 11 May 1900, Page 4

SHIPPING.

/.- ■:■; :\r<:M-*.:r »■■ —-;■ -;"'-'-■:. <■---'" ■■ J'* - t^.'-- % :. -.'.'.:' - 'v : ' '■■.<-■ '.':''■ High Water at Auckland-4.5 a,m.; 4.31 p.m. ,' - : „ -=•-'■• ~"■■ '-' Manukau-6.4 a.m.; , 6,30 p.m. ; 6un-Eises, ,6.41 a.m.; Bets, 4.54 p.m....':, Ifoon-Last quarter, Tuesday, 8.2 a.m. '"., WEATHER FORECAST. , : :" Captain: Edwia reports:-" Ilorth-weat' to I west and south gale; glass rise; tides modeTate." . ;;'■;... : --; * '/;'. ; " . : ' . ARRIVALS. '■'■■■ ]..; ■;". .'••• Te Anau, s.s., ' 1652, John Bernech, from Southern and East Coast ports. ': Passengers: i Misses Wishart. Cordes, Missen, Gallagher, fregear,.: Dryden, Williamson,-. Newcomhe, Mesdames Owen and child, Dalgety, Wright, Messrs. I Symon, Banson, , Kelly,' Chisholm, . Taylor. Dalgety, Wiseman, Wright, , and 17 steerage—Union S.S. Co., agents. -y . . il-' ' .Waitangi, s.s., 197, P. A. Stein, from Tauranga, Tairua, and Whangamata.:: Passen- '.. gers: Mrs. King, Misses Ryan and ' Elsie. Messrs. King and Gormley.-Northern S.S. Co.. agents. ~ ; ; £ ; Marital, s.g.. 225, Joseph Dathie, from the Great■:, Barrier. , v Passengers: ;* Mrs. •.Smith, Messrs. Lawson, Maxwell, Elliott, and four eteerage.-Northern S.S. Co.. agents. ..-• / Paeroa, 8.5., 91, Smith, from Mangonui.Northirn S.S. Co.. agents. _ ■;--"•' ' Ohinemuri, s.s., 70, T. Haultain, from Awanui, Waiharara, and Hohoura. Passengers: Mesdames Akast, Wallace, Moengason. Hayes and thiee children, Messrs. W. W..Poyey, B. Ellis, Balbert, Boxburg, D. Radovich. Selwyn. Hayward, Pene ; Kapa, A. Fletcher, Waki Tenhafi, Paratina . Kapa.-Northern S.S. Co., agents ■

' ■■{- DEPARTURES. Terranora, p.s., 350, Edward McLeod, for Whangarei.-Northern S.S. Co., agents. \< Waimana. s.s., 180, C. Hopkins, for Whaka-tari.-Nortbern S.S. Co., agents. Chelmsford, s.s.. 70, J. Taw, for Whangapona.—Northern S.S. Co., agents.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON: Star of England, 6,8., via Melbourne and Sydney, arrived at Melbourne April 29. Indradevi, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, -sailed. ~ Delphic, s.s., direct, due about May 26. Star of Australia, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed. Oarama, s.s., direct, sailed May '3. HAMIITJBO: '" . J t _ _. „. , Nordby. barque, arrived at Port Chalmers, .May 7. , KHWYORK: • , . , Hawke'a Bar. s.s.. via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed March 21. Leitrim.iS.s.; via the South, early, llimiro, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, /sailed April 6. Mary Hasbronck, arrived at Wellington April 20." ,„,„.. Charles Q. Rice, barque, via Wellington, sailed February 3. . Alice/barque, via Wellington, sailed. _ Edward L. Mayberry, barque, via Wellington, sailed. MARSEILLES: , x Gniseppe Dahnndo, barque, arrived at Port Chalmers, May 4. gynSEY: Mariposa. 8.M.5., Sunday.

• ' -' PROJECTED DEPARTURES JfP.ff YORK: . , Mary Basbrouck, barque, to arrive, jAy pranoirco: Mariposa, R.M.S., Monday. S.wiOA: Mariposa, R.M.s., Monday.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day: Pnkaki arrives from Bluff, Oamaru, and Timaru. _ Saturday : Taieri arrives from Westport ; Te Anau leaves for the South at 12 noon.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day: Clansman arrives from Northern ports early; Waitangi leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; Muritai leaves for Kuaotunu, Kennedy's Bay, and Mercury Bay at 9 p.m. ; Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth; Chelmsford arrives from Whangapoua; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point. Whanga.rei Heads, and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m.; Ngunguru arrives from Whangarei Town Wharf. Thames Service: Steamers leave for Thames *pd Paeroa daily. See advertisements daily papers. -

~ VESSELS IN EAEBOUE. Pylades, H.M.s. in stream. Lizard, H.M.b., in stream. Noma, yacht, in stream. Tomoana, s.s., at Queen-street Wharf. Te Anau, fi.s., at Queen-street Wharf. Northern Chief, barque, in stream. Linda Weber, brigantine. in stream. Taite, schooner, at Railway Wharf.

The Northern Company's steamer Waitangi arrived from Tanranga, Tairaa, and Whaugamata yesterday morning, and leaves for Tauranga at 7 o'clock this evening. /The Northern Company's steamer Muritai arrived from the Great Barrier Inst night, v and leaves at 9 o'clock to-night for Kennedy's Bay, Kuaotiinn, and Mercury Bay. Yesterday afternoon the Northern Company's steamer Ohinerouri arrived from Awanui, Waiharara, and llohoura with several passengers and a cargo of kauri gum, etc, She leaves for the same ports again to-mor-row afternoon. "The Northern Company's steamer Paeroa arrived from Mangonui yesterday for annual inspection and overhaul. Yesterday the Northern Company's steamer Waimana left for Whakatane. The Northern Company's steamer Terranora left for WTtangarei last evening. To-day the brigantine Linda Weber will resume her passage to Sydney. " The Northern Company's steamer Clansman arrives early this morning from the North. Last nieht the Northern Company's steamer Chelmsford left for Whangapoua,

THE UTA. The Wellington Harbour Board's launch Uto arrived at Napier from Auckland at 6 o'clock on Monday evening, thus making a remarkably good passage, as she did not leave this port until 2.30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The engines worked smoothly and well, and the little vessel averaged eight 3:not9 per hour. After inspection by the Napier harbour authorities the Uta left for Wellington. The contractors for the hull and engine are to be congratulated upon the success of the vessel's maiden trip.

THE TE ANAU. The Union Company's steamer To Anau, Captain John Bernech, arrived from Southern and East Coast ports yesterday afternoon, the steamer's progress having been much retarded by meeting with strong head winds and heavy seas after leaving Gisborne. Mr. Percy Isaac, the purser, reports that the • steamer left Dunedin at 4 p.m. on the 4th inst.. and called at Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne, leaving the latter port at 9 a.m. on the 9th, and arriving at 2.45 p.m. yesterday. Fine weather prevailed to Gisborne; thence fresh north-east winds, head seas, heavy rain, and thick weather. The Te Anau. leaves for East Coast and Southern ports at noon 10-morrow.

NEW STEAMER FOR THE UNION S.S. COMPANY.

On March 27 the steel screw steamer Whangape, built by Sir Raylton Dixon and Co. (Limit'd), at Middlesbrough, to the order of the .Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, proceeded to sea for her official trials under the command of Captain Clark. She 13 built to Lloyd's spar-deck rule, 100 Al class, her nrincipal dimensions being:—Length, 330 ft, by 44ft Bsin, by 25ft 9in, and has a deadweight carrying capacity of about 4700 tons. The. upper deoks are of steel and iron, and the poop, .bridge, and forecastle decks of pitch pine. Triple -expansion engines have been fitted by ,- Messrs. T. Richardson and Sons (Limited), of Hartlepool, having cylinders 23in, 36in,.and 59in in diameter, by 42in stroke, supplied with steam by two large single-ended boilers, working at 1801b pressure. At the conclusion of the trials, which passed off successfully, the vessel proceeded to Blyth to,load.

/A-;; PORT OF. ONEHUNGA. • -.. v r r ..-:, ARRIVALS). Kanieri, s.s.,' Scott, from Hokianga. Passengers: Mrs. Johnson, Messrs. Burr. Pell, Blair, Enwright, Wallace, Hartley, Logan, and two steerage.— S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Rotoiti, s.s., G. Holford, for New Plymouth, Wellington, and Nelson. Passengers: Misses Latter, Bell, Bill, Brown, Mosdames Robinson, Garnet, Crab, Hammond, Bird, Woolf, Orpwood, Cowern, Messrs. Slade, J. Daniel, ■T v/ Henderson, Bird, Mahony, Orpwood, McLean, J. West, J. S. Gecidis, W. Blomfield, Sprague. Smith, H. Thompson, A. S. Williamson, T. Bevan, Bartholomew, Captains Strong arid, Wills, Hon. E. Mitchelson. and 15 steer-age.-Union 8.8; Co., agents.

Tlie Northern Company's steamer Kanieri arrived yesterday morning from Hokianga with passengers, 1200 sleepers, and general cargo. * The Union Company's steamer Rotoiti left ' yesterday afternoon for New Plymouth, Wellington, and Nelson.